#lauren lotus crenshaw

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surprise!

baby's first mixtape, lioness. 🦁🪷💣

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so so lo

new day by carmen 🎶

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new 'do

this section is named... it's gettin real.

im happy to be making progress. 🥳 now to build another house... 😭

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damn, ma

Lotus is sitting nervously in her living room, fidgeting with her hands as she waits for her mother, Eve, to arrive. She knows that Eve can be unpredictable and inconsistent, and the news she's about to share could trigger her mother's past addiction issues and emotional instability.

When Eve finally arrives, she greets Lotus with a cold stare. Lotus takes a deep breath and nervously blurts out, "Mom, I'm pregnant." Eve's expression immediately turns from cold to furious, and she starts yelling at Lotus, accusing her of being irresponsible and making a mistake.

As Eve continues to berate Lotus, Sami walks in the door and immediately senses the tension in the room. He asks what's going on, and Eve turns her attention to him, accusing him of taking advantage of Lotus and impregnating her for his own selfish reasons. Sami tries to defend himself, but Eve is too enraged to listen.

Finally, Sami has had enough and tells Eve to leave their home. Eve responds by saying, "See, it's already starting. He's pushing your momma out. After you have that baby, you're next." Lotus breaks down in tears as Eve storms out of the house.

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FBR

after lotus and syx were shocked into their new reality, lotus wasted no time taking steps forward. being a solo artist has always been a goal, but she wasn't planning on it being so soon.

i feel like i could say more. but i'll stop lol.

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lion cub

you were there, girl. don't act surprised.

let's talk about lotus' mom, eve.

we only briefly touched on her one time in #OGDoS...

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lotus loves her mom, but their relationship is rough. upon finding out she was pregnant, she got the want to talk to her mom. me, as the watcher was like, OMG is this a fresh start for them in #DOSR? i'm here for it!

lotus wants kids, but she wasn't planning for them right now. however, her and sami's relationship is strong, and with him being so excited, she's not as upset as she could be.

more background: i never got to reveal this in #OGDoS, but lotus and sami had gotten pregnant in their relationship before finally calling it quits, but it wasn't the right time. this is one piece that contributed to their tension and attachment. for #DOSR i was honestly inspired to start a new save as if they never broke up and had the baby. and, so far, so good.

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sounds like chaos

lotus is part of a girl group called SLC - it stands for syx, lotus, carmen. or whichever three adjectives they’re using for the moment, like, sexy, lovely, cool.

syx was almost as excited as sami to hear about the nooboo - more excited than lotus anyway. this put lotus’ heart a bit more at ease after her mother’s visit.

however, carmen was far from cool when she heard the news about lotus’ pregnancy.

carmen and lauren (lotus) grew up in strangerville together and have been friends since they were eight.

lotus met syx in college. they were roommates freshman year and hit it off over their bond of dance, musicianship, and dreams of making it big. after some planning, they started SLC with carmen during their final year of college.

as the watcher, i was upset to see carmen acting so mean toward lotus. this was supposed to be her girl, her dawg, her ride or die. what happened? 😩

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house tour fail

carmen's attitude came from nowhere

smdh. i really thought they were gonna have a talk, like for reallll. i had plans. carmen said, f you, watcher.

alright. so a few days ago i went in game and the relationship panel was like this. 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾

idkkkk what happened. idk idk idk. i mean, i know there was hella tension anytime they saw each other (directed from carmen) but, i guess she decided she'd had enough.

exhibit a: in-game tension...

some posed tension when i thought a scene was happening, which has now been determined as a lie...

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play space

if you've ever seen my lp's (which feels like back in the day, now) then you might be saying... fallon? fallon fallon? fallon carter, fallon? #TheCarterFive fallon? more like the carter seven now, but yes. that fallon. #TheChaoticCarters

the carters are coming to dosr. *air horns*

if you don't know, now you knowwww.

that damn isabelle. can there really be love without chaos? not in family dynamics.

the bambinos are grownnnn now. 😭

like, grown grown. 😭😭😭😭

big sis approves, lil reese. big sis approves.

big sis (and would be heir) got her a bheeda.

and a baby. hey, midwife! see you soon, girl.

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second guessing

lotus went to sleep with a lot on her mind and woke up just as troubled.

her mother, eve, is notoriously inconsistent, unreliable, and sometimes unpleasant. her mood swings cause her to become easily agitated. lotus knows she needs to tread carefully and wishes she knew which eve would arrive today - if her mother even shows up.

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differences

you better sing, girl.

sami and lotus have officially shared the big news with everyone in their circle.

sami’s cousin, trenton, came over today (i didn’t get pics) while i was outside with lotus. anywho, when we came back inside, sami had all of these angry and sad moodlets...

background:

sami and trent are more like brothers than cousins. it’s how sami and lotus even met in the first place. trent and the rest of sami’s dad’s side of the family are from strangerville - like lotus. as teens, sami would visit trent in strangerville for the summer, and one of those visits would be when he met lotus.

i knew sami wanted to talk about things like the baby, family, and marriage (yes, getting engaged). i can only imagine that trent feels left behind, or that his cousin is moving too fast. either way, they didn’t agree and the relationship suffered.

these two are not getting the support they expected - except from each other. 🙄

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chez lomi

i just like seeing them in their element.

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high notes

she tried to sing it away until she was singing high notes.

level 1🌶️, below:

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moved in

lomi's been getting settled into their new digs for a little over a week now. renovation projects are still underway, but the home is livable, and they’re happy with it. 👍🏾

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let's catch up

this part of my gameplay i was documenting bc... well, how does one play and not shoot? so the first pics i have are very random. i did what i could to visually piece together what's happened.

warning: 🌶️🌶️ below.

first things, first.

in #OGDoS and current #DOSR, lotus attended college. this exact moment in time she's fresh off graduation. lots of celebrating ensued.

CONGRATS, GRAD!

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butterflies

oop. was that a gender reveal?